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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

He's lucky Elon Musk didn't have some half-baked idea (like a rocket that released life vests when it exploded) to save these campers or he'd be smearing him about now.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The guy has Elijah Wood vibes

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Massive eyes that are a lighter blue than you normally see.

[–] Jikiya@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Am I getting even worse at reading? I didn't see anywhere in that article where it actually says what he did. How is it that he specifically saved them. Seems like that's too many people to have personally picked them up on his back and carried them to safety. Feels a bit like the Family Guy segment where Lois constantly says '9/11' to win political arguments. "He saved 165 campers!"

That being said, I'm very glad he was there doing his job and was able to save 165 people from dying... somehow.

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am happy for him. It's not often you get a chance to make a difference like that.

These last two and the next few days will be the sacrifice he doesn't know he is making until 10-20 years from now.

Your rescues will fade in time, but you can never forget your recoveries.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How do you mean sacrifice?

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

My guess would be mental health.

Your rescues will fade in time, but you can never forget your recoveries. [emphasis mine]

“Recoveries” likely means finding the people who didn’t survive.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Unfortunately, this is very true. I've been out longer than I was in, and I remember the losses not the wins.

Edit: the one 'win' I remember, we got a letter from a lady 2 years after the event. She wrote to us to thank us for getting daughter to the trauma center alive....so that the doctors could harvest her organs, and mom was able to hear her daughter's heart beating in someone else's chest a year later.

[–] orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago

I'm not crying, you're crying.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

That's very interesting to hear, thank you for sharing.

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Broadfern is 100% correct.

Well done Petty Officer.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 22 points 1 day ago

What was Ruskan’s role in the rescue?
He was in charge of triage and helped coordinate the evacuation of people from a flooded summer camp.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where is this pool in a giant tent with high top bar tables?

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Probably a Texas city, where it actually gets too hot for outdoor pools in the summer.

Looks like a public pool that may have been sold or rented out to a private event company.

[–] loomy@lemy.lol 3 points 1 day ago

Now he gets 100% of the ladies.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is hopeposting about this?

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

!orphancrushing@lemmy.world

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah it’s a fine line at this point.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The recognition that this guy deserves for his hard work.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is hopeposting about that? It is worth appreciation but not hopeful or anything

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Fred Rogers can explain it better than I can.

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, looks like he had a rough time lol.